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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	630.48
2	Don Sutton	592.47
3	Nolan Ryan	580.27
4	Bert Blyleven	570.88
5	Bob Gibson	567.43
6	Jim Palmer	565.0
7	Gaylord Perry	542.15
8	Don Wilson	534.33
9	Andy Messersmith	526.25
10	Catfish Hunter	518.8
11	Fergie Jenkins	518.32
12	Jack Billingham	516.13
13	Steve Carlton	515.89
14	Mickey Lolich	513.77
15	Luis Tiant	511.4
16	Phil Niekro	511.06
17	Mike Cuellar	507.99
18	Claude Osteen	500.71
19	Tom Bradley	499.6
20	Ken Holtzman	498.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave McNally	496.38
22	Jerry Koosman	495.05
23	Vida Blue	493.91
24	Joe Coleman	493.19
25	Jon Matlack	492.62
26	Tommy John	490.94
27	Dock Ellis	490.32
28	Wilbur Wood	489.87
29	Nelson Briles	489.45
30	Rick Wise	487.21
31	Stan Bahnsen	485.55
32	Bill Singer	485.36
33	Mel Stottlemyre	484.39
34	Ron Bryant	483.28
35	Marty Pattin	482.16
36	Al Downing	477.64
37	Jerry Reuss	476.9
38	Reggie Cleveland	475.77
39	Dave Roberts	474.91
40	Fred Norman	472.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Reuschel	470.0
42	Steve Renko	464.56
43	Wayne Twitchell	462.33
44	Ross Grimsley	462.23
45	Juan Marichal	460.49
46	Burt Hooton	459.62
47	Pat Dobson	458.76
48	Bob Moose	457.46
49	Carl Morton	457.34
50	Dick Tidrow	457.0
51	Clay Kirby	455.19
52	Milt Pappas	455.1
53	Dick Drago	450.93
54	Don Gullett	448.96
55	Clyde Wright	447.78
56	Jim Barr	445.34
57	Balor Moore	443.21
58	Rudy May	441.74
59	Jim Perry	440.83
60	Dick Woodson	440.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mike Torrez	437.97
62	Sam McDowell	434.32
63	Fritz Peterson	434.28
64	Bill Lee	433.99
65	Jim Colborn	433.05
66	Ken Forsch	432.81
67	Paul Splittorff	431.72
68	Bill Hands	428.81
69	John Curtis	428.12
70	Jim Kaat	427.78
71	Jim Lonborg	427.67
72	Doc Medich	426.86
73	Steve Busby	422.91
74	Gary Gentry	419.07
75	Steve Rogers	417.52
76	Jim Slaton	416.26
77	Blue Moon Odom	416.23
78	Steve Arlin	416.18
79	Bill Greif	413.24
80	Woodie Fryman	412.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ron Reed	412.04
82	Jim Bibby	411.52
83	Alan Foster	411.34
84	Sonny Siebert	409.06
85	Steve Blass	407.15
86	Ernie McAnally	406.68
87	Steve Kline	406.66
88	Bill Stoneman	404.86
89	Joe Decker	404.39
90	Ken Brett	403.72
91	Skip Lockwood	401.37
92	Ron Schueler	401.22
93	Roger Nelson	396.19
94	Bill Parsons	395.08
95	Dick Bosman	391.78
96	Gary Nolan	389.14
97	Jim Rooker	388.85
98	Roric Harrison	388.12
99	Randy Jones	385.16
100	Steve Stone	384.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Ruthven	381.78
102	George Stone	378.51
103	Doyle Alexander	377.71
104	Luke Walker	368.87
105	Jerry Bell	368.56
106	Jim Merritt	361.67
107	Larry Dierker	361.66
108	Tom Timmermann	356.89
109	J.R. Richard	355.69
110	Jim McAndrew	354.68
111	Jim McGlothlin	351.51
112	Terry Forster	349.78
113	Rich Troedson	348.57
114	Ray Sadecki	348.4
115	Pete Broberg	348.38
116	Roger Moret	347.31
117	Jim Willoughby	345.56
118	Mike Paul	345.18
119	Milt Wilcox	344.84
120	Tom Murphy	344.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Al Fitzmorris	344.55
122	Ken Wright	344.31
123	Bill Bonham	343.48
124	David Clyde	341.49
125	Mike Caldwell	339.83
126	Brent Strom	339.24
127	Rich Hand	339.13
128	Mike Strahler	338.35
129	Jesse Jefferson	337.95
130	Tom Hall	332.05
131	Dave Hamilton	331.59
132	Ray Corbin	331.18
133	Ray Culp	330.33
134	Wayne Simpson	329.76
135	Rich Folkers	328.17
136	Tom Griffin	327.53
137	John Morlan	326.63
138	Bill Champion	323.14
139	Eddie Fisher	323.14
140	Dave Goltz	322.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Steve Dunning	322.37
142	Bart Johnson	321.26
143	Mike Nagy	320.9
144	Lynn McGlothen	318.33
145	Charlie Hudson	316.1
146	Bruce Kison	315.46
147	Harry Parker	315.02
148	Darold Knowles	314.21
149	Jackie Brown	313.33
150	Clay Carroll	312.76
151	Dick Pole	312.29
152	Danny Fife	312.09
153	Max Leon	308.63
154	Doug Rau	308.51
155	Eddie Bane	308.43
156	Rick Henninger	308.19
157	Paul Lindblad	307.42
158	Lerrin LaGrow	306.31
159	Juan Pizarro	305.97
160	Gene Garber	304.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Larry Gura	304.26
162	John D'Acquisto	303.79
163	Mike Kekich	303.7
164	Mike Corkins	303.3
165	Dick Lange	303.27
166	Scipio Spinks	303.16
167	Steve Barber	302.92
168	Chris Short	301.95
169	Fred Beene	300.97
170	Mark Littell	300.05

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